Christmas Cake Tradition

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Christmas cake tradition. Preheat the oven to 300 f. The christmas cake largely displaced the previously popular twelfth night cake during the victorian era. 75mls brandy mixed with 75mls. However the american version of fruitcake often differs significantly from.

225g 8oz plain flour tsp salt tsp mixed spice. The recipes for these two traditional holiday baked goods can be very similar. Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin making sure there are no air pockets. 4 large free range eggs.

A cake with lots of candied dried fruits in them a spicy sweet flavor profile and the presence of an alcohol such as rum. This traditional christmas cake pulls out all the stops if you have the time feed it with brandy in the run up to christmas. The plum porridge was first cited in 1573 and was traditionally eaten on christmas eve. Oliver crowell the lord protector of england and the other puritans banned the feasting on that special day in the 1640s he also banned mince pies as well complaining that there was too much excess.

Once filled smooth the surface with the back of a spoon and make a slight dip in the center this will rise back up again during cooking and create a smooth surface for icing the cake. The last day of christmas is twelfth night the 5th of january and it used to be traditional to make a twelfth night cake that contained almonds and was covered in marzipan. 100g glace cherries halved. This is a swiss roll that is coated in chocolate resembling a log.

A cake that may also be served at christmas time in the united kingdom in addition to the traditional christmas cake is the cake known as a yule log or chocolate log. 2 x teaspoons mixed spice. The traditional christmas cake is the merger of two dishes traditionally eaten around the christmas period plum porridge or pottage and the twelfth night cake. Email to a friend.

Bake in the center of the oven for 4 1 2 hours. Traditional christmas cake 24 to 30 slices ingredients.